Gonzales murder house drops $80,000

The vendors of the Sydney house where student Sef Gonzales murdered his family have been forced to drop the asking price, with the house still unsold after many months on the market.

The plush four-bedroom house in North Ryde was originally listed at $850,000 in March, but is now going for $770,000.

Gonzales was sentenced to life in prison for killing his father Teddy, mother Mary Loiva and 18-year-old sister Clodine in the house on July 10, 2001.

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Selling the property has since proven problematic for real-estate agents, L.J. Hooker.

Last year, L.J. Hooker agents Ereca and Peter Hinton were fined $20,000 for selling the Collins Street home to a Taiwanese couple for $800,000 without outlining its history.

The couple, devout Buddhists who believed the house would bring them misfortune, were given back their deposit and the house returned to the market.

Soon after, British man Craig Gill announced his intention to buy the house and turn it into a tourist attraction, but later backed out.

The house went to auction in March this year but failed to reach the reserve price and was passed in at $715,000.

L.J. Hooker business manager Michael Davoren said after the auction that he was confident the house would be sold by April.

But the property remains unsold, and the vendor has instructed the agents not to comment on the sale.

Listings for the house now carry the notice: "Notice to Buyers: This property is being sold under instructions from the Trustee of the Estate of the Late Teddy and Mary Gonzales. Mr and Mrs Gonzales together with their daughter were murdered in the house on 10/7/01."